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Title
Volume of records kept by John Leland regarding Amherst College finances and funds, 1821-1835
Contributor
Contributor: Leland, John, 1807-1864
Creation Information
Date Created
1821 - 1835
Date Note
This item is undated. The date range provided is drawn from the finding aid and is the range of years covered by the records contained in the volume. There is also a letter dated 1888 loosely inserted in the volume with details regarding one of the included booklets.
Physical Description
1 volume (approximately 346 pages) + inserts ; 23 cm
Abstract
A bound volume containing financial records of John Leland, Treasurer of the College, 1820-1835 and Financier of the Charity Fund, 1826-1833. The book includes loosely inserted booklets along with an account book and bound letters, reports, expense records, and fund subscription registers all pertaining to Amherst College finances. John Leland is presumed primarily responsible for the content, though Samuel F. Dickinson, John J. Jones, Rufus Graves, and Sally Ames (on behalf of a Mite Society) are contributors to individual documents in the volume. Also included is a letter dated 1888 from George S. Cheney to Mr. Seelye (presumably Julius Hawley Seelye) regarding a booklet of subscription records from Boston subscribers. Subscription registers included may pertain to the Charity Fund or the subscription fund commonly called the Thirty Thousand Dollar Subscription. The compiled records were bound together at an unknown later date "at the expense of Frank W. Stearns."
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Finding Aid
Language
English
Repository
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